Hawker Beechcraft (Hawker Beechcraft) reported that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the company’s motion to enter into exclusive negotiations with Superior Aviation Beijing Co., (Superior). Approval of this motion allows Hawker Beechcraft to spend up to 45 days exclusively negotiating with Superior regarding a strategic combination that […]
GE Aviation has upgraded repair warranties for CF6-80C, CF6-80E and CFM International CFM56 engine parts. Warranty hours for GE repaired CF6-80C/80E engine parts have tripled to 6,000 hours and CFM56 warranties have doubled to 4,000 hours. “The enhanced warranty program demonstrates GE’s commitment to lead the engine services market in meeting the cost and technology
Air Iceland recently completed a historic 2,345 nautical mile trip from Toronto’s Pearson Airport, Canada, after the completion of a modification program by Universal Avionics’ Authorized Dealer, Field Aviation. The Toronto to Reykjavik redelivery flight of Air Iceland’s first Universal Avionics-equipped Bombardier Q200 (Dash 8) is believed to have been the longest non-stop flight in
The last of four aircraft was delivered to new Hong-Kong based lessor China World Aviation Leasing (CWAL) in the second week of July 2012. Avinco negotiated and arranged the purchase from GECAS of the four Airbus narrowbodies on behalf of CWAL. The aircraft are on long term leases to Air China (2xA320’s MSNs 3215 and
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Garmin International, a global leader in satellite navigation, announced expanded capabilities for the GTN series touchscreen avionics. The new features include display support for weather radar, advanced ADS-B capabilities, worldwide connectivity, cross fill with the GNS 430W/530W series and more. “The GTN series were designed with a growth-oriented architecture that allows for new technologies and
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MTU Maintenance Hannover has repaired the group’s 3,000th V2500 engine. It was delivered to US aircraft lessor ILFC (International Lease Finance Corp). MTU Maintenance is the market share leader for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services regarding this engine type. Co-developed by MTU Aero Engines, the V2500 powers the Airbus 320 family of aircraft.
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Precision Castparts Corp., a worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products, has agreed to acquire certain aerostructures business units and McSwain Manufacturing from Heroux-Devtek Inc. Heroux-Devtek’s aerostructures operations manufacture a wide variety of components and assemblies from aluminum, aluminum-lithium, and titanium, such as bulkheads, wing ribs, spars, frames, and engine mounts. The aerostructures
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The second Boeing P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy completed its initial flight on July 12, taking off from Renton Field and landing after two hours and 14 minutes at Boeing Field in Seattle. The P-8I, a derivative of the Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 commercial airplane, is the second of eight long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine
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Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has signed an agreement with Avion Express to provide a worldwide support structure for the use of SMART (Specialised Monarch AOG Response Team.) SMART, operates under MAEL’s EASA 145 approval and has a highly experienced team of engineers on 24/7 standby 365 days a year. Under the terms of the agreement
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Vueling released that it has been added to the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registry. IOSA is an audit program which comprises some 1000 operational safety and quality based standards. The audit process, that lasted less than one year, is internationally recognized as a comprehensive operational safety audit.
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